The Sun. — London, England, 1864-04-09 00:00:00

The Extradition of Mazzini, Can the ext ra di t i on of Mazzini f rom E ng l an d b e d emanded at our hands by the French Govern. _tent ? Th e L aw limes of to-day argues i n t h e negative thus distinctly as follows :—" The Paris Papers, Particularly the Gazetse de France, attach g !g re et importanc e t o thi s f res h sen t e nce against a zzjui, inasmuch as they think it enables the French Government to apply for his extradition, or at least his expulsion from England. Both, we may take the liberty of informing the French law 3.ers, are out of the question. The convention be tweenV, the Queen of this country and the King of t he French, of the 13th Feb,, 1843, was, that the contracting partie s s h ou ld, on requisition made in taheir name, through their respective diplomatic gents deliver up to justice persons who, being ac e4sed of the crimes of murder (comprehending the t r ate , desig na t e d b y t h e F renc h pena l co d e by the t e r rn B , assassination, parricide, infanticide, and !" e . l soning),or of an attempt, tocommit murder," corn- Jaunted within the jurisdiction of the requiring Party, should seek an asylum or should be found within the territories of the other." Accordingly the 6th and 7 t h Vi ct., c. 75,', for carrying the Con ention into effect, provides for the surrender of PerBo " who, being accused of having committed m urder or of an attempt to murder within the ter ritories a n d jurisdiction of the King of thed French, shall be found in the Queen's An ions. The Act omits the words " seek an ralln," which a re in the Convention. Probably o rnament was jealous of words which have a Political rather than a criminal association. But t here can b e no doubt that the Act, as we ll as t h e Convention, speaks of persons only who commit Ns ' lt hin the French jurisdiction the crimes specified, (pitting that jurisdiction, flee to, and are found in the British dominions. If it was from the brewery, ..11(1 from Th ur l oe square , or a ny other place in -London, that Mazzini pulled the strings (if he did 8 , 0 at all) , clearly he i s not a person w ithi n the Con vention or the Act. AS to expulsion from England, unless in the "eention of a sentence of penal servitude, there is no Such power in the British executive against a fo rei ~ ,ner any more than a native. It is true that in ne, 1848, when there was a fear (groundless ur Otherwise) that foreign agitators might combine h t h the Cuartists to overthrow British society, or e British constitution, which means the same thing, an Act (11 Viet. c. 20) was passed giving to I ," Secretary of Stat e w h o , on authentic written in inrmation, believed such a step expedient for pre. t . S erving the " pea ce an d t ranqu illity" o f a ny part of t he realm, power to order the removal of any alien. But that Act was made to continue only to the e nd of the next session, and then expired, In case of the existence, and communication to the B r iti s h G overnment . o f ev id ence s howing the -b Complicity of any person, whether alien or British stbjec - t, in a 'plot to murder the Emperor, the Only proceeding of which the French Go vernment could call for the adoption would be a P ro secution under the 4th section of the Consolida ,„°n Act rel a ti ng t o off e nces against the person: t 44 and 25 Vict, c. 100.) — 4ll Persons who shall conspire, confederate and agree to 'utirde r any person, whether he be a subject of her Majesty ID , r tot, and w h e th er h e b e within the Qaeen's dominions s nu t , and whosoever shall solicit, encourage, persuade, or tl our to persuade, or shall propose to any person, to ildea jder any other person, whether he be a subject of her 3J an or not, and whether he be within the Queen's dominions or not, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and bei ng convict e d th ereo f shall be liable, at the discretion the Court, to be kept in penal servitude for any term 0 ,, more than ten, and not less than three years, or to , e Imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with W ithout bard labour, XON - EY MARKET AND COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWELTE O'CLOCK. There is rather less inquiry for discount accom ta°thition, and the market appears a shade e a s i er , e °ll sequent upon the payment of the dividends at the hank of England. Instead of paying G per e ent• the mercantile community can now get ac commodation on the last three months' bill at 51 I ) " cent. There was very little alteration yesterday after bA°oo in the Continental exchanges , but t he rates on `Ltistria were rather less favourable. S ince Monday last the imports of specie have amounted to £445,800, and the exports to £936,400, Another project just introduced is the Imperial dank of China; it is brought before the pubic by t he Credit Mobilier. The capital is £1,000,000, in 20 ,000 shares of £5O each, the first issue being 1 0,000 shares. China is stated to be the only large country in the civilised world which has 4 , direct bank in London operating solely for i t s ehefit, and this company has therefore been formed t 0 Il supply an acknowledged want on the plan which has been so successfully carried out in London by the banks for India and other similar institutions. T he Imperial Bank of China will transact all ope rations connected with those of a bank of issue, "Posit, discount. and exchange. Its directing and eo rttrolling authority will be in London, with br anches and local boards at Hong Kong, Canton, sh anghai, ; Foochoo, Tientsin, Pekin, and such other , e l , tti e's as may from time to time be found desirable. 4- ue shares are 2 to 3 prem. „ 41 nong the latest additions to the list of new dertal ungs i s th e Millwall Iron Works Ship t'llllilding and Graving Docks Company intro duced by th e M ercan tile Credit Association and the ; it Mobili er . Th e capital required is £2,000,000 tri 1 0,00') shares of £5O each, of which 20,000 have already been subscribed. It has been formed to ? r ebase and extend the well known business hitherto carried on by private capitalists under the Sri of the Millwall I ro n Works and Shipbuilding e Exipany. The capabilities of the establishment 'Qr the production of every class of iron work are 11 1 ,neurpassed. The compa n y h as also purchased the " u ritannia Graving or Dry Dock now in efficient 4.0 r1,. - ing, and the whole of the property has been °btained upon terms which are considered highly f M'ourable. The share are quoted 21- 3 prom. 1 , A. four and a half per cent. Swedish Government 44 an for £2,223,000 sterling has just been an eeonced. The loan is raised by virtue of an A 4 :et passed by the Four Estates composing the edish Reichs,rath, under the date of October 23, . 863 , ratified b,y his Majesty the King of Sweden, a nd has b een con t rac t e d f or by th e R e ichschulden c 12 ' 13 aptoir (Public Debt•office) with Messrs. J. H. ehroder and Co., of London, and other associated e apitali s t s . It i s enac t e d th a t the p r oceeds of this i °an shall be applied exclusively to the extension and e c ) tstruetion of railroads in the kingdom of Sweden. b '') , nds wilt be issued in sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, £2OO, 1.00, with coupons, payable in sterling half-yearly ip -London on the 15th April and 15th October at MB counting-house of Messrs. J. Henry Schroder an d CO. The first coupon will be payable 15th Oc ebN', 1864. The subscription price is 92 1 per cent. , V l ehle as follows :—£s per cent. on application ; 4„ 8 on allotment ; £ 2O , 12 th May ; £ 2O, 12 t h d gne ; £2O, 12th July ; £l2 108., 12th August. Total, £92105. per £lOO. Discount at the rate of 44 Per cent. per annum will be allowed f or p re- p a y ment °fz the inst a l ments u p o n any of the days fixed above. receipts for sums of £l,OOO, £5OO, £2OO, 40 , Will be issued by Messrs. J. Henry Schrader e n d Co., and after completion of the payments be : e hanged '(or bonds of the like designation after si t , e ktri "l ,P t of the same from St ockholm. A in t fund is provided for, whereby the loan 5, redeemed at par in the course of oi . Years, by half yearly drawings the first T h lci llieh will t a ke effect on 15th of October next. e Swedish Government, however, reserves th e I),; g_ ht to repay the whole loan at par after the ex l''ittion of 15 years from this time. Two o'CLocK. t e i 4 ‘t Paris this day, according to Mr. Reuter's 'gram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 17c. a ut - 'icot th e s li g h test movemen t worth mentioning ( 2 Occurred to-day in the market for Console, the tr ota tions being 911 I for transfer, and 91i 92 for a a ccount. Business has been very dull, and the pt ,t 't: cee( lings have been altogether devoid of interest. at h eN ew Threes and Reduced Annuities are gut 89 1 ; and India 4 per Cents. 997 ; Bank of tliand Stock is marked 238, 240. ht l o the Foreign Market there is rather more T a llln ess, and business is moderately active. ~e i! tifsh 6 p er C ents., 1862, are 711 ; Con desjl 5 2a; - Mexican, 46 1,-; Greek, 241 4 ; t t‘ish Passive, 351; ; Portuguese, 4 9 1 1; and ; o nfederate Loan, 531 541. 1 14 _ h ° operati ons i n t h e R a il way Sh ar e Market eh ye been li m i ted, and prices have exhi bi te d li tt l e b o ttn g° of importan ce . L on d on , Ch at h am , and l'et have declined 152.; and London and North Western, 55.; while North Eastern (Berwick) have improved 10s. 'lke Foreign and Colonial linen show little varia- Joint-Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares are in moderate request. London and Westminster, however, have receded to 90, while Union of Lon don have improved to 53. International Financial realised 11i 121 ; Discount Corporation, 11 f ; General Credit and Finance, 10 k._ . The current quotations for some of the principal new undertakings are subjoined :—lmperial Finan cial, 61. prem. ; Imperial Bank of Chins, 2 prem.; Credit Foncier, 74 prem.; Millwall Iron works, 3 2 prem.; Financial Corporation, 2 prem, and Thames Iron, 3 4 prem. BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. GOVERNMENT FUNDS. 3 per Cent. Consols - 1 Ditto Account, May 5 9lh 2 3 per Cent. Reduced New 3 per Cent .... 891 i 'ew 21 per Cent. Jan. 1891 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire .nth Jan., 1880 — Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 — Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 2 & 3 per Cent — die Ditto £500 __ di Ditto £lOO and £2OO ;ank England Stk, 41 per Ct. Ditto Account INDIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. ladia Stock, 101 per Cent., April 1874 Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1870 Ditto 4 per Cent. 1888 Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent .. Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1872 1866 991 .. Ditto ditto Aug., Ditto Bonds £l,OOO — die Ditto under £l,000 FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent Ditto 1859 Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 Ditto 1863 Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent ' Ditto, £lOO Bonds hilian 6 per Cent. Ditto 41 pet Cent. E g yptian 7 per Cent.. Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons.. —a Ditto Account Ditto Coupons — Ditto Account — Italian 5 per Cent.(Maremmana Railway) Mexican 3 per Cent Ditto Account ........ Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. — Ditto Deferred — Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) — Peruvian 41 per Cent .. Ditto 3 per Cent. (Grib arren ) Ditto 41 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account Portuguese 8 per Cent., 1853 - Ditto Account .. Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account Ditto Scrip (1863) £3O paid Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £St ' Ditto 41 per Cent., 1850 .. Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 ., 56i Ditto 5 per Cent, 1862 914 ± Sardinian 6 per Cent — Ditto Account 843 1 Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account — Ditto Passive Ditto Account 351 I Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded — Ditto Account — Swedish, 4 per Cent Turkish 6 per Cent. 1854 Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 Ditto Account ____ Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto £lOO Bonds 7ll{ Ditto 1863 .. Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent. Venezuela 3 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account.... Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lond Austrian, 5 per Cent., Ex. 10 Florins. Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f... Dutch 2i per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates French Rentes, 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f — Ditto Account Italian, 5 per Cent., 1861, Ex. 25 francs.. Ditto Account Piedniontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 251 i'eruvian Dollar Bonds, 41 per Ct. Ex. 4s. TWO O'CLOCK Console Money Ditto Account MARKETS—This Day. COVENT GARDEN. Considering the time of the year our market is mode• rately supplied with produce The demand, however, rules firm at the following quotations : s. cl. s. d. Pine apples 8 0 to 10 d Colonial do., each 0 0 to 0 0 Grapes,per lb 6 0 to 10 0 F or eign do lO 0 ttoo 3 0 Melons Nectarines, per dz 0 0 to 0 0 Apples, per ht-sv. 2 (, to 4 0 Fears, per do Oranges, per 100..4 0 to 8 0 Lemons, per 100 3 6 to 7 0 Gooseberrieshf sveo 0 to 0 0 BtraNvberries pr pt 0 0 to 0 0 O. d. s d Mulberries, pr pt..o oto 0 o Cherries, per lb. 0 oto 0 0 Foreign ditto, pun° oto 0 0 Filberts, per lb 2 otO 2 6 Walnuts, per 100 0 oto 0 0 Cobnuts, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Almonds, per bus 0 oto 0 0 Figs, per doz. ••.. 0 oto 0 0 p eac h es Currants, • per h.sv 0 o to 0 0 Plums, per do. • . 0 oto 0 0 Greengages, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 vEGETABLEs. Shallots, per lb .. 0 oto 0 0 Horseradish, pdo 1 oto 2 0 Parsley, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Celery, per ditto 1 oto 1 9 Beet, per doz. .. 0 oto 0 0 Parsnips, per do. 0 oto 0 0 Small salad, p. pn, 0 oto 0 0 Mushrooms, p pt. 0 Bto 1 6 A r ti c hokes, each 0 oto 0 0 Cos lett, score 0 oto 0 0 Mint and savory.. 0 oto 0 0 Endive, per score 0 oto 0 0 Radishes, dz buds 0 oto 0 0 Tomatoes, doz... 0 oto 0 0 Chillies, per ditto 0 oto 0 0 Capsicums, per do 0 oto 0 0 Rhubarb, per bun 0 6to I 6 Asparagus, pr do. 0 oto 0 0 seakale, per bun. 1 oto 1 6 Greens, dz bunch 6 oto 7 0 C a bbages, pr doz 0 10 to 1 6 13%1 ditto 0 oto 0 0 Savoy do., pr dz 0 10 to 1 6 Cauliflowers, pdz 1 6to 2 6 Brocoli sprouts Potatoes, per ton 45 0 to 90 0 New ditto, pr pt 1 oto 0 0 Turnips, dz bunch 2 0 to 3 0 Carrots,pr do 4 6to 5 6 Cucumbers 0 oto 0 0 Garlic, per lb Sorrel, per sieve 0 oto 0 0 Green peas, ti.-sv. 0 oto 0 0 Vrench beans,h.s. 0 oto 0 0 Onions, doz. int.. 1 6to 2 0 New Do., dz bun 0 oto 0 0 Spinach Brussels sprouts 1 9to 2 6 POULTRY. Turkeys, 4s Od to 8s Od ; geese, Gs Od to 8s 6d each ; goslings, Gs to 8s Od; ducks, is Gd to 5s Od; ducklings, 4s Od to 5s Od ; rabbits, is 6d to 2s Od each ; wild do., 10d to is 2d ; pigeons, Os Gd to Os 7d each; Surrey fowls, 10s Od to 14s Od ; chickens, 7s Od to lOs Od; barn-door fowls, 4s Od to 6s Od ; capons, Os Od ; hares, 2s 6d to Os Od ; ptarmigan, Os Od to Os Od each ; pheasants, Os to Os Od ; partridges, Os to Os Od ; woodcocks, Os to 3s 6d; snipess, Od ;Od to Is Od ; teal, Os Od to Os Od ; wild ducks, 25 601 to O widgeons, is Od to is 3d ; plovers, is Od to Os Od each; guinea fowls, 5s Od to is Od ; roasting pigs, Os Od to Os Od each; Ostend fresh butter, Os lld to is Id ; English, Is ld to is 3d per lb ; English eggs, 7a Od to Os Dd ; French do., 5s Od to 6s Od per 100; leverets, Os Od to Os Od ; grouse, Os Od to Os Od. BILLINGSGATE. Salmon, 2s Od to 2s 3d ; trout, Od to Os ; eels, bd to led ; prawns, Os ; pike, skate, sturgeon, and halibut, 6d per lb. ; turbots, 3s Od to 12s ; cod, 2s Od to 8 s Od ; brills, 2s Od to 6s Od ; doreys, 58 Od to 5s 6d ; mullets, Os 6d to Is 6d ; lobsters, is to :Is Od; crabs, 6d to 2 s 6 d ; plaice and gurnets, Od to Os Od each; soles, 3d to 3s Od per pair; common oysters, 18s to 24s ; natives, 658 to 70s per bushel ; whitings, 2s Od to ss; haddocks, Ss to 128 ; smelts, Os Od to Os Od; flounders, Os Od per dozen ; mackerel, Os per 100 ; fresh herrings, 7s to Ss per 100; bloaters, Os to Os per 100; carp and tench, Os Od to Os per brace. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d lamb, 58 4d to 6s 4d; veal, 3s 8d to 4 s 8 d; an d pork, 38 21 to 4s 4d per Blbs, by the carcase. WHITECHAPEL. Beef, from 28 10d to 4s Od ; mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; lamb, 6s 4d to 6s 4d ; veal, 3s 8d to 4s 8d; and pork, 3s 2d to 4s 4d per Blbs by the carcase. BREAD. The prices of wheaten bread in the metropolis are from Bid to 7d , of household do., 5d to 6d per 41b loaf. HIDES AND SKINS. Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, 2id to 3d ; 641 b to 721 b, 3d to 3id ; 721 b to 801 b, 3d to 4d ; 801 b to 881 b, 31c1 I to 4id to ; 881 b to 961 b, 4d to 4id; 961 b to 1041 b, 4d to sd; 041 b 1121b,—d to —d. Horse hides, 9s 6d to lOs 6d ; calf skins, light, 2s 6d to 4s Od ; full, 7s 6d to Os Od ; polled sheep, Os Od to Os Od ; half. breds, Ils Od to 14s Od ; Downs, 8s 6d to lls Od; lambs, 3s Od to 4s 3d; shearlings, is 8d to Os Od. HAY MARKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 3s to £1 10s par load. Slow trade. CUMBERLAND.—AIeaiow hay, £3 Os to £4lsa Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10s Od; and straw, £1 3s to £1 108 per load. Demand inactive. WHITECHATEL.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover, £4 Os to £5 10a Od ; and straw, £1 3a to £1 10s per load. A slow sale. COAL MARKET. the clove of the market. 8. d. Walls End. East Hartlepool...... 20 0 South Hetton ......... 20 0 K elloe South Hartlepool...". 19 0 BruddylP s Hetton..... 19 0 Caradoc South Kelloe .. 19 3 Gosforth lB 3 Trimdon Hartlepool 19 6 KeiperGrange 19 0 FMCS of Coal per Ton at F. d. Wylam ..............18 9 Eden Main ...........18 9 liolywell ............ 17 0 lanfield Moor 8ute2..14 9 Walls End. 18 3 Barton 20 6 Hotton Rough Hall l9 3 .20 6 Whitworth l6 6 Tanstall Ships at mark( lt, 23; solcl. 19. Liverpool Cotton Market —This Day, Improved feeling in market. Sales probably 7,000 bales or very much more. FRUIT. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 9, 1864. SHARE MARKETS —This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOUB.S% Share' Railways. Closing ' Business Paid. Price done. .14. 1 Mr., Vol., and Str. Val. :5 Blythe and Tyne..... 0 flost.,Sleat.,andMid.C o. it Bristol and Exeter .• • • 8 8 Si 9 83 65 118 119 831 4 st Caledonian ........ 50 Cork and Bandon 2 0 Cornwall 10 Do A gets no div o 1 5 ° 0 D D . 1)1 B 1 n t tb elellC P Belfast Pid 3 nto.h B. June. s 25 Dun., rcrthot; Ab. June.; st Edinburgh liz Glasgow. , st Glaog. and S. Western. st C;reatEastern, Ord. stk i st Ditto A stock st Ditto East A.nglian st st GreatNorthof Scotland st Great Northern 6 . 1 7 st Do A stock at Do B do st Gt. S. ant W. of irelanu st Great Western ...... • • st Do Str Val gua. stock st Lancashire & Yorkshire st London and Blaokwall st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast st Lon., Chat., and Dover st Lon. & North Western st Lon. & Scr.th Western st man., Shet., & Lincoln. 50 Maryport and Carlisle. 12i Dot shares... st Metropolitan et Midland Do .New et Do Birminff. & Derby 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland 25 Do. shares 25 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 25 Do, G.N.E. purchase st Do Leeds st Do York st Do Carlisle • • .• et North London 10 Do New i. 15.9 North Staffordshire 10 N. and S. W. Junction. st Scottish Central st Scot N. E., Aber. stool st Do Scot. Mid. stock 10 Shrews. and Weichpoo, ,§liropehire Union .... iSouth Dev0n...... .... st South Eastern st South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 20 staines, Wok.,and Wok. 25 Stockton & Darlington 25 Do __ ;5 Do New, 1866 ;t faff ..... , r) Do B ) Do C i 0 Ulster Do .1) Do it Vale of heath it Victoria sta. and Pim st Waterford Fi Kilkenny t West Cornwall t W. Hartlepool Har.&R t West Midland -Oxford, it Do Newport at Do Hereford 35 37 16 17 90 92 10F 166 161 7i 66 7i 1281 1291 1314 131/ ::o 132 91 93 611 65 1991 1092 67 G 9 1031 104 i 44 45 1091 1091 98 99 53 b 4 1:84 119a' 1281 1251 i 98 100 52 63 25 '4O 1001 1011 56 67 88i 89 128 131 1 24 p 78 79 1( 111 121 123 41 43 98 100 53 I'4 83 85 801 91 101 1(3 Si 9 i 87 38 94 10 , 8 8 4 165 170 5 7 cl 3 E p - -P 91 96 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. 47 6k 7 130 291 131 3/ 41 31 611 1091 446 i 109/ i 98 A 1181 1911118 1.82 100 1 34 3/I 901 Closing , Allan Railways Pant. Price. Business don, 100 Atlantic &St Lawrence all 59 01 601 sk Bom.,Baroda&.Centlno ion 1021 1 0 31 103 Gu. 5 per cent........ 20 Do. New 20 Do. E. Shares ,01 Buffalo and LaKe Huron all i 5 65 t 0 Do. Prcterance ...• all 7 81 00 Bull alo,Brant,&6' odricl, p. et. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 00 Do, do. July 1 , 187., ion - 100 1)0. do. June 1 , 18. -; 100 at Clcutta.&S.Eastn. (1,1 100 101 103 at Cape Town & Dock Sorii 100 99 101 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. c. 100 1045 sp. , 100 1041 105 1011 1 105 41 stook East Indian. gu. 5 p. 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 P 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 191 201 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 75 7 100 Do. do. deferred all 60 63 WO Do. 2d Pre'. Bonds all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred...— all 51 63 100 Do. 3d P, ef. stock 100 Do. do. deferred...— all 40 (2 WO Do. 4th I'ref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred.-- all 22 15 stook Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.o 100 103 104 lon 20 Do. New gua. sp. o l2 i Do. January, 1862 stock Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share. a ll 10 101 105 10 201 Do. New ....... 18 105 105 . 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. 51 p. c. do. '77-8.. . all 81 83 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 1 if) stock Madras guar., 5p.0. .. 100 103 )03 stock Do. 45 p. o. Extension 100 95 98 stock Dc. 4 3 / 4 d 0.... —. 100 92 94 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Bnd), 100 50 'Meth. & Hobson's Bay. all 57 50 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 10 Newßruuswick t Canda Class A and li.. all I 5 N.lll.C'das po Ist f bds 100 82 24 stock Scinde .• ...• (100 104 105 stock Do. Delhi 1 100 1015 10 20 Do. d 0...... 2 1 ip st Do. Punjaub (t, 1 all 1021 1 03 1 Do. Do. , , ICU -- stook Do. Indus. St. Flo.) ' k W() 97 9? COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. t,an uov. 6 p.e,) a &Jul) 1877-81 100 102 104 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 160 102 I Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 100 IC2 Do. p. o. Jan.&.luly. 10, 89 01 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 88 90 Cape G.llope, t 3 p 0,1873 100 06 108 Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 110 112 Do. 1890 100 111 113 Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 112 114 Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Natal Gov. 6 per vent.. 100 109 111 -- !N.B.Gov. 6 p.o.Ja.&Jul) 100 102 104 Do. Cp. c.Ap. & Oct. 100 - N. S.W. 6 ov. 5 p 100 995 1005 Du. sp. c.,1 8 / 1 to 1:;.t 100 99 100 Do. d0.,1838 &upwds 100 99 IGO 9Di New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 1 1 0 112 Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. sterling,, 1875 lOO 104 106 10 :Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 S. Aus G5p.c.1873.& up lOO 09 111 111 - 'Vic.Gov. 6 p.e. Ja.&July 100 - to 6 p.c. An.&Oci.. 100 108 109 BRITISH MINES. Cambrian Consol. Gold 4 5d ' Idliflord Amalgamated.. 36 60 37 Devon G. Cons. (Tavist.) 1 ; 550 6 671 721 58 9 East Bassett (Illogan ) • • 30 East Clogau Gold Ltd. ——3 l East Caradon ...... 1.14. t. 31 East Cam Brea. ;E. W'l Russel (Tavist k ) 8.9.0 45 4s - ,Gam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen ) 58 t 10 11 Great South Tolgus l7s 3 33 / 4 G. Wheal Vor (11elstou 40 34 36 5 Grenville . Elerc•d's- Foot 8.12 35 37 Itlingston Downs 4.'8.0 4 41 3 I Lady Bertha Margaret (tiny Lelant 9r 19 21 1 6 Marke Valley.. 4 Nlyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) 21 15 I '. New Setun l9l 8a 95 • North Downs 4 15 2 N.Wh'l Basset (111045.0 3.1.0 2 25 ' North Wheal Crotty 1 t'ar Consols (st. Blazey, Providence (Uny Lelnt.) 10.6.7 41 43 ISouthCaradon(St.Cleer, 11 440 100 • S. Carn.Brea (lilogan) — ! iS.Wheal Fran. (111o:ran, 18.18.9 50 55 , Stray Park 30.17.6 3 2 34 Lunar Silv.& Lead Min. ; fin Croft 1 18 19 West Basset (Illogar) ll 10 11 d WC, radon (Liskeerd) 5 20 22 • West Seton • Wheel Basset (Mogan) 51 871 025 •s Vr heal Buller(ltedrutli) 10 35 40 Is Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant); 2.0.6 WhealLuckott 1V heal Mary Ann i s lden ) 8 135 141 Wheal &ton 585 190 200 s Wheal Treiawney (Lis ); 7 2.1 24 or Wheal Union ; 3.17 21 2f PREFERENCE SHARES. 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Staffordshire, lien., 20 London Chartered Bank ot Australia, 27 61 London and County, 62 London, Ltarabwg, cont, Exch 18 THE WAR IN DENMARK. (Front the Times Special Correspondent at the Danish Head-quarters.) ULKEBOL, April 3. The final day has come for poor Sonderborg, and [ have been fairly routed out of it. I closed my last letter at about 7 o'clock in the morning, and being anxious, according to zny wont, to post it with my own hands, I sailed forth from the Hotel Rey- math. To walk from this place to the lower town was an enterprise of no trifling danger. What is called the "Royal," or town, post-office had been struck with two shells and was a mass of ruins. The feld, or military post, was picking in breath less haste, with no great chance of avoiding the same fate. The furious cannonade of yesterday afternoon had wrought far greater mischief than we were aware of. I stated that the dead and wounded among the townspeople were last evening at 9 o'clock about 22. Their number before the night was over had risen to 57, SinJe daybreak the shower of shells, had recommenced with the utmost violence, and the ihells, which had hitherto spent their fury among ,he buileings of the lower town, now took a bolder flight above the whole extent of its habitation up to the height of the towering windmil:s. There was no safety in any part of Sonderborg. The heed quarters were packing hurriedly, and General Gerlach, with all his Staff, was making ready for a flitting to Ulkebol, where the hospitality of my good friend Parson Meyer awaited them. The terror and desolation of the town had reached its climax. A great many of last evening's fugitives, turn ing from imminent danger without a thought of the future, had only quitted their houses in the maritime quarters of the town to repair to the friendly dwellings of thu people in the upper town. But the higher regions had become in the morning as unsafe as the rest, and the train of the fugitives was swelling at every minute. Only one or two tenements were in flames in the course of yesterday afternoon, and the gallant Copenhagen fire brigade had been able to stern the violence of the flames and prevent its spread. This morning no less than 20 houses were burning, and as the wind freshened there was every prospect of a general conflagration. The number of houses all but levelled with the ground began to be appalling. The Radhuns or Council house, the Holsteinishe Haus and the Alssund, two mean hostelries of the lower town, were mere wrecks, The Burgomaster and the head officer at the Board of Health had been driven from roofless dwellings. The apothecary's house, a large building where the head-quarters had been established, was clean gone, and the same fate had befallen the adjoining watchmaker's. As we heard there particulars of yesterday's havoc, the destruc tion of to-day gained ground upon us. The advance of the shells was overwhelming us like the progress of an irresistible tide. There was nothing left for the most obstinate to do, but gn, and the signal for my own departure was of course given by the re moval of the :headquarters. Sonderborg is gone or going, and it seems as if the Prussians had determined not to leave one stone of it upon another. Yesterday's cannonade was mainly directed against the Dybbol bastions, and the shells that assailed the town from the batteries of Broager- Land seemed to be fired almost incidentally by way of wanton amusement, and were apparently in- tended rather to frighten than to do much real harm• But this morning the whole rage of the Prussian cannon spent itself on the devoted town. Disap pointment at their ill success in Sundewed seems to have made the assailants perfectly savago against the helpless capital of Alsen. Unable to show their bravery in a storming attack upon Danish bayonets. the Prussians did not shrink from the unprofitable sacrifice of an open town. The Danes are furious at what they call a " dastardly outrage, a breach of all the laws of war, and a departure from all the prin ciples of modern civilisation. It was to retrieve their character as a fighting nation," they say, " that the Prussians, after being worsted in so many encoun ters, solicited the post of honour before Dybbol, and reared against that position such a force of artillery as ought to have blown it and its defen ders to atoms. Yet they were not content with achieving by a cannonade what they durst not ef f ect by assault; be.' their very eacnon are not pointed at the breasts of men standing up in their defence, but against a miserable crowd of women and chil dren almost as much at a loss how to fly as they are unable to fight." I have been willing to make myself the interpre. ter of this universal outcry of the Danes, because, neutral as I endeavour to make myself on all their subjects of dispute, I really believe it would be dif ficult to find a good excuse for the behaviour of the Prussians in this bombardment of Sonderborg, even if they acted on the necessities sometimes imposed upon a weaker party by the natural laws of self preservation, and even if the war were on their part a defensive, instead of an aggressive one. The gen o ral in command against Fredericia did not open the bombardment of the city without a timely intima tion to its inhabitants, allowing them 24 hours to withdraw from its walls ; yet Fredericia was a for tified place, and the people who remained in it might be thought to have cast their lot in with that of their garrison, while Sonderborg is hardly an integral part of the Dybbol line of bastions, all which might be taken before any necessity arose to offer Sonderborg the alternative between surrender and destruction, You must imagine the whole of the 2,000 inhabi tants of Sonderborg, and the thousand of men and officers billeted up on the m as a garrison, suddenly spread along every road and lane in the islan d, ap plying for quar ters at every farmhous e, vil lage, hamlet, and hut, already f or the last nine weeks as full of military guests of every de gree as bowies, stables, barn s , and straw - lofts ca n afford, and th en consider W hat probabili ties there ma y be of a stranger applying for lodgings with stranger ha pp en to hav e six oth er house less s uccess f fellows, r from d whooo mustr to d oor especi a lly if this luck lessneeds, be taken in with him or sleep with him in the open. All I can say, by way of illustrating the condition of this little island i perfectly justi fiable under the circumstances, I and each com p a niows, with a vi ew t o insert the e n h the of present my s traits, is, that by a ruse de guerre , thih edge of the wedge, presented ourselves singly before as many of the masters of th e little fishing b oa t s moored at the piers of Ilorup Hay, and asked if they happe ned to have room for one in their narrow hold, and the answer was that they had all been bespoken—some for two, some for three f a milies of citizens,Sliobnedrteyrbtoorgdisposeof one inch of ground either on deck or below. 1............... ' OF DUPPEL. AGEN , April 4 c) THE BOMBARDMENT C E E: N : T ERNtus The following are the latest rep or t s f rom h ea d. qua rters received at the Ministry of W ar : April 2, 7 p.m. — Ad vices from head-quarters to 5 p.m. re port that the bombardm ent of the position at Duppel con tinued. The fires which had broken out in Sonderborg were of some extent. Our loss in wounded was less to-day. April 3, Noon,—Advices from head-quarters to 10 45 a.m. announce that single shots only wer e occas i ona ll y directed against the town and the position during the night. Several alarms were give n at various times along the lin e o f outposts. Attacks were made upon patrols, upon th e sen tries, and upon the part ies guarding the trenches, but a ft er slight skirmishing th e enemy wi thdrew. Two men of the 10th Regiment were killed. The fire in Sonderborg has now been extinguished. April 4, 10 45 a.m.—The bombardment of Sonderbor g has ceased since 6 o'clock this morning. A third of the town has been burnt, in addition to which numbers of houses in a wide circumference hav e been damaged by shell. Several places are still in flames. The Town hall is burnt down. A few shots have only been directed at Duppel. April 5, 9 15 a,m.—The artilleiy engagement at Duppel was continued yesterday with energy, but the bombardment of Sonderborg has been discontinued. The enemy has thrown up several batteries upon the northern shore of the Alsen Sound, from one of which, at Petersdal, he kept up a violent fire yesterday against the war vessels lying in Sleavig. A pontoon train has been seen in the vicinity of Ballesgaard," The screw corvette Heimdal, from the Sound, ar rived here yesterday evening, with a screw frigate, built for war service, but without guns, and under jury-masts. The Heimdal sighted this vessel car• rying the English flag in the neighbourhood of Elsinore. As she presented a most suspicious ap pearance, she was ordered to lay to, but disregarded' the order, whereupon the Heimdal fired a shot across her bows and brought her up. The Captain stated that he was bound for Copenhagen to offer the ship to the Danish Government, but, as there was reason to suppose her intended for Dantsic or some other Prussian port, the Commander of the Heimdal thought it best to bring the suspicious stranger into this port. DECLAR AT lON OF THE HOLSTEIN ESTATES. KIEL, April 5. A large majority of the members of the Holstein Estates (40 out of 49) met to-day in extraordinary Session, and unanimously passed the following de claration : " We, the undersigned Deputies to the Holstein Assembly of Estates at present consisting of 49 members, solemnly declare, with regard to the Con ference of European Powers about to assemble in London, as follows : " We protest against every decision may be come to at the above Conference, respecting the future of the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and in especial with regard to the person of the suc cessor to the throne vacated by the death of the King Duke Frederick VII., without the opinion of the country being first taken as to the hereditary right of his successor. We further declai e every recogni tion of any such successor by the European Powers without the previous consent of the country as not legally valid and binding upon the same. " We declare, moreover, hereby as the rights of this couutry before God and man : "1. That the Duchies of Schleswig and Holstein are independent States, inseparably connected with each other for ever. " 2. That by lineal succession and primogeniture the male line of the Oldenburg Royal House is ex clusively called to the throne. "3. That Christian IX., King of Denmark, is therefore in no way rightfully entitled to the throne of the Duchies, being excluded by agnates of nearer claims, but that the London Treaty of May 8, 1852, together with the Danish succession law of the 31st of Silly, 1853, are pot legally binding upon the Duchies ; the former because foreign Powers in no way pos§ess the right of disposition over a country not belonging to them, and the latter because not ratified by the assent of the Schleswig and Holstein Assembly of Estates, the agnates, end the Germanic Confederation. " 4. The nearest claimant among the now living Princes of the House of Oldenburg, after the re nunciation of his father, is Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Soederborg-Augustenburg,who has already declared that he has essumed the Go• vernment as Duke Frederick VIII. of Schleswig and Holstein. "We further declare that the voice of the coun try, agreeing herewith, has unmistakably expressed its desire, in numerous petitions to the General Federal Diet, and in addresses of devotion and deputations to Duke Frederick VIII. from the Schleswig-Holstein nobility, the University, the clergy, the teachers, and the towns and rural districts of Holstein as well as Schleswig, to recognise Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein- Sonderborg-Au gustenbnrg as the sole .and only rightful successor to the throne, and has testified the readiness of the people to sacrifice life and property in his service as their legitimate Sovereign. " Finally, we hereby protest most solemnly against every arrangement of the European Powers by which au illegal ruler shall be forced upon the DucnieA, contrary to their expressed wishes, and by which the connexion with the kingdom of Denmark defini tively severed by the death of Frederick VII shall be restored by force. We cast upon the originators of any such arrangement the responsibility of the inevitable disadvantages and dangers to the tran quillity and peace of our country, of Germany, and of Europe. " Kiel, April 5, 1864." (The signatures follow.) The Armstrong and Whitworth Trials, Yesterday the competitive trials between the Armstrong and Whitworth 12-pounder field-guns were continued at Shoebury, in the presence.of an unusual number of distinguished visitors. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, with Earl de Grey, Sir John Burgoyne, Sir Edward Lugard, General St. George, Capt. Galton, R.E., General Rumley, the chairman of the Special Committee, and all the members of the Committee, Lord Tor rington, Admiral Talbot, Sir William Armstrong, Mr. Whitworth, Colonel Boxer, Colonel Gambier, Colonel Lefroy, and a large number of other offi cers, both naval and military, were present on this occasion. Before stating what was effected yesterday we may inform our readers that the programme of the trials to be gone through with the guns in the course of the competition involves every possible contin gency, mishap, and accident which could by any means, short of utterly disabling the pieces, occur to them in the roughest and most rapid service. Each competitor is represented by three guns of each kind allowed to compete—namely, 12-pounders as field guns, and 70-pounders as guns of position. Sir William, therefore, comes forward with three 12- pounder breech-loaders, and three muzzle-loading shunt guns of the same calibre. Mr. Whitworth, as bringing forward only one species of gun, has only three 12-pounders, rifled on his hexagonal principle. Sir William's are built guns on the wrought-iron coil plan, while those of Mr. Whitworth are cast of the homogeneous metal (which is only a hard name for a very soft steel) strengthened by coils of the same metal, forced on outside the gun by hydraulic pressure. These pieces, as we have said, are to be tested in every possible and almost impossible man ner for range and accuracy—with solid, shrapnel, segment, and common shell; against earthworks, mbrasures, and stockades ; for ricochet, point blank, and long-range firing; how they will bear embarcation and disembarcation, how they will answer in boats,how against abattis,brushwood, and villages. Boxesof the ammunition are to be sent tra velling byland and sea all over and round the kingdom to see how they each bear transport ; and at one part of the trial the guns will be upset in a wet ditch and left for a night, in order to ascertain, when got out next morning, which is soonest cleaned and ready for quick service with shot and shell. Above all, the trials are to include what will be the most severe test of all—that of seeing which of the guns will break down under continuous discharges as rapidly as the pieces can be loaded and fired. When we say break do wn, we of course do not mean burst, but be come strained, injured in their rifling, or damaged in any way. When all has been gone through, 3,000 rounds are to be fired from each gun, which is then to be burst with gradually increasing charges. It will be seen, therefore, that it would be next to impossible to devise a more exhaustive system of trials than those which have to be carried out, and whoever wins will not win without having effected every known purpose to which a gun can be put in the field, with many others to which it was never intended to put guns at all. The competition commenced on Monday last, but the first trials, though of course forming part of the programme, have hitherto been of such a merely preliminary nature that their results in detail would be almost unintelligible, and certainly uninteresting to our readers. Nothing has as yet been effected on either site to point to the probable issue of the contest, and it would therefore he quite premature to attempt any expression of opinion on this subject. One thing, however, may be said—that, as far as this week's firing goes, the contest between the Arm strong shunt gun and the Whitworth has been very close —so close, indeed, that until the official returns are made out it would be hazardous to say which has had the best. Whether they will maintain this equality at longer ranges and under different condi• tions of trial remains to be seen, but up to the pre - sent, as far as accuracy is concerned, it may be fairly said they are both perfect guns. The Armstrong breech-loader this week has unquestionably shot the worst of the three ; in fact, it is stated that this g un, specially made for the trial , shoots below the average accuracy of the field guns of the same kind in the service. The defect is attributed to some minor alterations introduced speciully into this p iece for the competition, which have not turned out so successful in practice as it was thought they would prove. It is said that at shell practice this gnn will carry all before it; and, in fact, the result of yesterday's firing proves this to be mainly a true opinion. But in respect of accuracy with solid shot, its performances have been below those of Sir William's shunt gun and the Whit worth, and between these ordnance, therefore, the contest for supremacy during the 'week has lain, without any superiority being shown by either on which it would be safe to base predictions for the f u ture. Yesterday, after a few shots at targets of 1,300 yards (au almost impossible range for the old smooth-bore field-guns), the experiments were cor - tinned, to show the effect of the three guns on earthworks, the ordinary field fortifications behind which armies intrench themselves against superior forces. For this purpose they were trained at the same range of three-quarters of a mile upon a small fieldwork, surrounded with a strong abbatis or chevaux-de j rise of felled trees, behind which was a palisaded ditch—that is, a deep, dry fosse with a high, strong wooden fence in the centre, but out of sight of the attacking forces tilt they should be actually in the ditch itself. Two of the embrasures were formed of gabions on Sergeant Major Jones's plan—that is, of gabions of bands of galvanised iron woven round stakes, like basket-work ; while one embrasure was built up on Captain Tyler's plan—a mere open cylinder of thin iron, filled in like the others, with sand. In the embrasures were placed three unserviceable guns, while the artillerymen that would be required to work each piece were re• presented by six dummy figures, made of deal, and placed in their proper quarters at each side of the ordnance, though, of course, as in actual service, under cover of the earthwork. The guns commenced on this with solid shot at 1,300 yards, firing five rounds each,when the damage was inspected and the attack resumed with segment shell, with percussion and time fuses, and so on again at a range of 900 yards. It is, of course, quite needless to particularize the individual shots of each gun; it is enough to say that with all three, and with the Armstrong shunt gun and the Whitworth most especially, the practice was almost marvellous. Front where the guns were stationed the openings of the embrasures were like mere specks, like the mathematical definition of a point having no dimensions; yet shot after shot was sent through them at almost every round, in a way that made officers stare and ask each other how long a work could be defended under a fire from many such pieces, The old fault of the Whitworth hexagonal shot, however, was sometimes shown when sufficient elevation was not given to the gun and its shot touched the ground in or near the' abbatis in front of the work. When it did so its peculiar hexagon form made it screw itself up out of the earth almost, to judge by the sound, at right angles with the point at which it entered and go " whirring" up into the air high over the battery. After the solid shot firing was over an examination of the work showed that the aim had been too true with nearly all the guns to have done much damage to the work itself, as the best laid shots had passed through the embrasures. Where they had struck the sides, however, the balance of mischief was certainly in favour of the Armstrong guns, bath of which h-d ripped the turf revetments, whereas the holes made by the Whit worth were mostly clean cut. One of Whitworth's shot had passed along a gun so evenly as to groove it where it touched, and cut clean pieces out of its ornamental mouldings near the breech. With the shell firing the practice of all was really wonderful as to accuracy. The two time shells of Sir William and that of Mr. Whitworth. burst almost in a line full in front of the embrasures. Mr. Whitworth's shell has, however, only just been completed, and more practice is evidently wanted to insure its perfection, :as one of the time fuses was put out by its touching the ground in front in consequence of the gun being laid too low, and one of the percussion fuses failed to explode on striking, while none of Sir William's missed bursting, though not always with the same precision as to place as the three we have alluded to. These, however, as regards Mr. Whitworth, are compara tively minor matters of detail, which no doubt Col. Boxer, who has made his shell, will be easily able to rectify with more practice in its use. Mr.Whit worth's shell contains contains 72 pieces, a few seg ments, but the great majority having ordinary leaden bullets. Sir William's shell contains about the same number of pieces of iron segments, but the bursting charge of Sir William's is nearly twice as great as that of Mr.Whitworth's. An examination of the battery after the shell work had been gone through showed all the dummies at Mr. Whit worth's embrasure to be uninjured by his shells, while the dummies at the two embrasures opposed to Sir William were badly hit—one in particular, having a large hole through its chest and half its gun head gone. The figures at the part at which the breech-loader of Sir William was levelled were most punished of any, showing that the confidence of its friends in its power of firing shell had not been ill-founded. The targets placed at some little distance in rear of each embrasure, to certify by holes to the effect of the shell after it had passed the work, were in favour of Mr. Whitworth, his target showing 17, either per forations or hits, while one of Sir William's showed only six, and that which collected the splinters of the shell from the shunt gun only one. The para pets and embrasures were more cut about by Sir William's shell, and, as we have said, his missiles did execution among the dummy figures of the gunners. One curious fact, however, was brought out by these experiments, which speaks volumes against the use of either Sergeant-Major Jones's or Captain Tyler's plans of iron bands for gabions. This was that one of the wooden gunners was badly hit on the chest by an iron splinter from one of these bands, and the piece left pro trilling from the wounded wood. Other pieces, also, were scattered inside the work—not many, certainly, but enough in size and number to prove that the use of these gabions, unless where no wooden ones can be got, as was the case in the Crimea, where they were invented, is to be avoided wherever possible. After this the guns were moved up to a range of 900 yards from the battery, and the pieces, which had hitherto been laid with such accuracy by Major Milman, were given over, by request of the compe titors, to their civilian assistants. The result by no means justified the wisdom of the alteration which Sir William and Mr. Whitworth had made, for, to judge by the loose and almost wild firing which now often took place, one would have fancied that the guns had been moved 1,000 yards further off, in stead of 400 yards closer into their mark. It was attempted to account for this by saying that the extreme dryness of the keen east wind dried the fouling of the guns into comparatively hard ob structions, but the opinion of nearly all on the ground was simply that the pieces were not as well laid as they had been before. Except for this im portant difference as to accuracy, almost all the re marks we have made on the trial at 1,300 yards apply to this at 900. The Whitworth shot when it struck the ground in front again turned up clear over the battery, appearing to confirm all that has been urged against this form of projectile by its opponents, that it cannot be relied on for a plung ing or ricochet fire. In all other respects the result was N ery similar to the previous trial, though the earthwork was, of course, more cutup. Sir William again punished his dummies severely, and again Mr. Whitworth failed to injure his, though the state of his target behind the battery showed that his shell only requires that adjustment which can be gained from practice alone to become formidably effective. After this Sir William Armstrong's 600 pounder was fired agrinbt a box target. This target had an outer plate of 61 inches of solid iron, backed up by 24 inches of teak, lined with an inner skin of iron 1 inch thick, making 71 inches of iron and 24 inches of teak in all. " Big Will" was loaded on this occasion with only 701 b. of powder, but with a conical steel shot of 6121 b. weight. The result of the contest, therefore, excited not the least interest, as this gun only a few weeks since, when loaded with 901 b. of powder, smashed up one of the best of John Brown's 11-inch plates with a steel shot of only 3501 b. weight. The gun was beautifully laid as to accuracy, though as the distance was only 200 yards there was little merit in this. When the signal was given it belched forth its cloud of flame and smoke; running slightly backward as it did so, and sent its shot smash through the target, from which the massive splinters flew like chips. It, of course, went clean through the mark. The outer plate, though one of the best specimen of John Brown and Co.'s manufacture (which is almost equal to saying the best plate that can be made), was where the shot struck driven in before it bodily, through teak and inner lining, and e verything—in fact, that part of the target was destroyed—and no more remained to be done. With this last tremen dous exhibition the experiments of the day ended, and his Royal Highness and the rest of the visitors returned to town. Next week the contest between the guns will go on at a stockade, and in firing at increased ranges, and during the latter part of it, the real and most important trial of all, the question of en durance—the efforts to break down the guns by rapid and continuous firing — will be mule. s uch experiments as those of yesterday are very subordi nate to the real test of all—endurance. In other matters the guns are equal, as far as the trials have yet gone ; for, as we have said, until the official re cords are made out it is almost impossible to say which has had the best, the Armstrong shunt gun or the Whitworth. But the whole issue now de pends on which can be injured first by rough sand rapid work at constant firing, and this test will be applied next week. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, HALF -PAST 4 O'CLOCK. SPAIN. - --- MADRID, April S.—According to the Epoca, partisans of l‘lazzini have left the principal t owns of Italy to attempt to revolutionise Spain and Portugal. Their place of rendezvous is said to be Gibraltar. Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointmentq in the Civil Service (From the Civil Service Gazette.) HOME OFFICE.—Mr Edmund George May bas been pro moted to be chief clerk in the Commissioners of Metropolitan Police- ofl3e, vice Mr Charles Yardley, retired on pension. Mr Walter Cattermole has been promoted to be second clerk in the Commissioners of Metropolitan Polioe-office. COLONIAL •OFFICE.—The governorship of Ascension Island has become vacant by the retirement of Captain Frederick Lamport Barnard, R.N. BRITISH MUSEUM.—Mr John Sylvanus Tupper has been appointed an attendant. THE PosT•OFFICE.—Mr Henry Andrew O'Malony has been appointed a temporary clerk. Mr Maurice Doige Nor shey has been appointed a temporary clerk. Mr Thos. Ralph Lowe has been appointed a clerk at Bury St. Edmunds. Mr Edwin Bowles has been appointed a clerk at Swansea. THE ADMlRALTY,—Greenwich Hospital—William R. E. Smart, M.D., has been appointed to be Deputy Inspeotor- General of Hospitals and Fleets, ♦ice James W. Johnston, M.D., promoted to be Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. CUSTOMS.—Mr T. C. Hepworth has been appointed an extra clerk, London. Mr H. Skaif has been appointed an extra clerk, London, Mr George M'Loughlin has been pro moted from the 6th to the sth class of examining officers, London. Mr S. Harris has been promoted from the 2d to the Ist class of clerks, London-docks. Mr T. Johnson has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d class of clerks, London decks. Mr M. Blakeman has been promoted from the 4th to the 3d class of clerks, London-docks. Mr W. Bindley has been promoted from the sth to the 4th class of clerks, Lon don-docks. Mr F. Q. Home has been promoted from the 6th to the sth class of clerks, London-docks. Mr John Finis has been promoted from the 3d to the 2d clerkship customs, Londonderry. Mr John Thompson has been promoted trona the 4th to the 3d clerkship, customs, Londonderry. INLAND REVENUE.—Excise Branch—Mr Henry Deary Rix, supervisor, Devizes district, Salisbury collection, has been appointed supervisor of Hackney district, London, East collection, Mr Robert Hunt, supervisor, Oldmeldruna district, Aberdeen collection, has been appointed supervisor of Devizes district, Salisbury collection. Mr. John Maddi son, examiner, has been appointed surveyor of Oldmeldrum district, Aberdeen collection. Mr Thomas Reilly, super visor, Sherborne district, Taunton collection, has been ap pointed supervisor of Grantham district, Stamford collec tion, Mr Robert Roper, officer, Wakefield, 3d division, Leeds collection, has been appointed examiner. Mr. Wm. Hawthomwaite, officer, Kirkoawald division, Cumberland division, has been appointed officer of Goole division, York collection. inELAND.—A vacancy has occurred in the Commander. in-Chief's Office by the death of Mr Dagg, Ist class clerk. It has not yet been decided whether the vacancy will be filled up. There are several vacancies in the Registry of Deeds Office forjunior clerks. LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening. At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of April, 1864 present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council— this day the Right Hon. Chichester Samuel Fortescue was, by her Majesty's command, sworn of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, and took his place at the Board accordingly. At the Court at Windsor. the 7th day of April, 1864-- present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council— Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to be one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, he was this day, by her Majesty's com mand, sworn one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State accordingly. At the Court at Windsor, the 7th day of April, 1864 present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council— Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, on a repre sentation of the Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education, to appoint the Rev. Henry Adair Pickard, of Christ Church, Oxford, M.A., to be one of her Majesty's Inspector of Schools . WINDSOR CATTLE, APRIL 7. Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to deliver the custody of the Seals of the Duchy and County Palatine of Lancaster to the Right Hon. George William Frederick, Earl of Clarendon, K.G., G.C.8., the oath of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, was this day, by her Majesty's command, administered to him accordingly. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 6. Royal Marine Artillery—First Lieutenant and Adjutant Woollcombe to be Captain, dated let inst., vice Searle, placed on half-pa3—Second Lieutenant John Leyland. Needham to be First Lieutenant. BANKRUPTS The following are the only bankrupts of commercial im portance in the Gazette : Alfred Jacobson, clothier, Hounsditch Edward Crozier, baker, Albany-street, Regent's -park Alfred Edward Hubbard, beer merchant, Poplar Edgar Riley, organist, Accrington Nathan Shaw, cotton waste dealer, Bolton Harry Jackson, master mariner, Liverpool Richard Hayhurst, cotton waste dealer, Man , heater William T. Scott, commission agent, Manchester William Paine, baker, Compton-street, Goswell-road Course of the Exchange.--Yesterday. Amsterdam Ditto .. 3 Month!, 11 19 Rotterdam .. 11 19 Antwerp .. 25 45 Brussels — 25 45 Hamburgh — 13 7t Paris .. Short. 25 15 11 161 11 191 11 191 25 55 25 55 13 7; 25 25 25 60 25 60 1191 12 0 12 5 331 Ditto .. 3 Months, 25 52} Marseilles Frankfort on Maine.. 119} 11 95 11 95 33 Vienna Trieste Petersburgh Berlin Madrid Cadiz L eg h orn — 25 62A 25 67A Milan — 25 25 67i Genoa ,— 25 621 62 f 25 67i Naples — 25 65 25 70 Palermo .— 25 65 25 70 Messina — 25 65 25 Lisbon — 52 62k Oporto...- ..... —52 A Foreign Gold in Bars (Standard), per 0z.... £3 17 9 Mexican Dollars - 0 0 0 Silver in Bars (Standard) 11.N.R., commander of the A po ll o s t eamer , THE CITY OF NEW YoRK.—A. letter from Lieut. from Bristol P ris o t o o l l e lo Cork, was received from the latter city yes " The City of New York s any more injury. The remainsterd s y. on D ali Lieutenantnes It ) o c o k l e withoutsay Liverpool tugs are still taking large quantities of cargo out of her. An attempt will be made to-morrow morning to get her off." 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